In New South Wales, squatters’ resistance to Aboriginal protection rose to a crescendo during this period. This squatter revolt was stimulated not just by frontier conflict but also by British attempts to raise pastoralists’ rents. The newly elected Legislative Council was outraged; calls for self-government by wealthy pastoralists began in earnest; and opposing Aboriginal protection became associated with opposing the “tyranny” of the governor. In the frontier regions of Port Phillip and Moreton Bay, colonists were launching their own campaigns for localised government, including the freedom to suppress Aboriginal resistance as they saw fit. Port Phillip colonists saw the Aboriginal protectorate as proof of unrepresentative government in Sydney, while those in Moreton Bay were angry that the Sydney government failed to provide them with sufficient military support against Aboriginal people. At the same time, Aboriginal people were beginning to make their own political claims for liberty and independence, opposing both settler incursions and government control. Their first petitions and protests yielded few successes, but they foreshadowed the political tactics and strategies in the post-frontier age.